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Newspaper
Warren Ledger
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Sep 11, 1891
Page
5
Democratic Society urged to attend the next Wednesday meeting on the 16th for state convention delegates in Pittsburg. Warren fair coverage highlights Dr Hill visit, Sugar Grove band, theater shows, a large Odd Fellows reception, and bustling hotel life with local commentary on crowds and a fire scare. Also reports trotting and pacing records at Independence track.
The golden wedding of Mr. and Mrs. D. M. Davis, celebrated at the Hazeltine home, drew many guests and featured Grace Bartlett’s music and a poem by Miss Hellen E. Morton. The event marked fifty years since their 1841 marriage, with descendants, gifts, and a long account of the couple’s life in Alleghany and nearby states, ending with a hopeful toast for continued health and happiness.
A tall preacher-like figure at a fair grounds yesterday urged carnies to spare a “colored man” facing violent baseball attacks. The crowd rejected him, only to learn the “colored man” was actually a white show proprietor in disguise, and the apostle’s plea ends as a failed effort.
A collage of jokes and scenes from a fairground setting, including a parrot seller exchange, a cider boy at the gate, luck superstitions, and playful street banter. It also includes an advertisement fragment for Hall’s Catarrh Cure and testimonials for Ely’s Cream Balm and Pierces Pleasant Pellets, with dated branding typical of early 20th century ads.
Quarter sessions in Warren County convened with Chauncey Marble Spencer Walton and Frank Walton facing burglary charges over a house theft. Jurors acquitted the defendants Wednesday after testimony from Mr and Mrs Cady and others.
Transfers across townships and boroughs include Keappet to Randall Pine Grove J OR Cooper to Johnson Kirzua Sut VO B Egstestun to W Eegeston Gilde Lar Mortgages range from 100 to 30000 with properties in Sheffield Conewango Glade Spring Creek Freehold Columbus Bear Lake Eldred and Tr idioute. Notable sums include Thos Struthers to Glade Trust Co 22750 and W Brayner with wife to W N Tensdale 8000. Ownership changes involve numerous individuals and local firms reflecting active real estate market in the period.
A fragment from a fairground tent show dialogue mocks a supposed hereditary trait among a local family, then shifts to memorial notices for Adelia M. Day of the Youngsville W C G T A who died Aug 26, 1691, with sorrowful resolutions. Nearby, notes mention Mrs Chipmann and Mrs Done as society figures, followed by an advertisement for Miles' Nerve and Liver Pills claiming a new medical mechanism and free samples at Marrig & Mullen's drug store.
A garbled roster lists names under LADIES and various recipients amid mixed notices. It notes letters not ended for in two weeks go to dead letter. readers advised to say Advertised with date when inquiring. Also included are notices of a fire, Castoria adverts, diphtheria epidemic closure, and a mystery missing boy from Youngstown.
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